Monitoring and Result Measurement (MRM) Officer job at Swisscontact | Apply Now

Tasks 

• Support the Project Manager and other team members to implement the project as per the donor mandate.

• Contribute to planning, budgeting, monitoring & evaluation and documenting of project interventions.

• Lead preparation of partnership strategies, concept notes and intervention plans. 

• Lead implementation of activities on the ground and support the Project  Manager on strategic decision-making based on ground realities. 

• Ensure that the project delivers all desired targets on time and with quality. 

• Establish and operationalize performance management framework for  monitoring and overseeing various project components in coordination  with the technical team. 

• Develop and operationalize results chain, monitoring and results measurement plan with partner organizations.

• Develop and operationalize reporting format for all the interventions. 

• Develop and operationalize a framework for aggregating quantitative  results from the interventions, analyze the results and present progress  to the team within agreed timeline and format focusing on outcomes.

• Analyze the quantitative data from partners to assess progress towards achievement of outcome and prepare progress reports. 

• Lead development of a knowledge management process to identify the key evidence and lessons learnt from interventions. 

• Contribute to knowledge exchange activities with findings from different interventions and research studies.

• Support in organize knowledge exchange workshops, identify global  learning events and exposure visits for the public and private  institutions and support the organizations to participate in these  events. 

• Collaborate with other projects within Swisscontact for efficient and effective project implementation and mutual learning. 

• Actively participate in the Pause & Reflect meetings organized within the framework of the WeWork project framework. 

Communication and Reporting 

• Support the Project Manager to prepare project progress reports  (monthly, quarterly, bi-annually and annually), including technical  reports and other reports as per project requirement. 

• Coordinate closely with the MRM Manager and respond to requests for information. 

• Comply with the information/data flow and deadlines established by the  donor for the submission of reports and quantitative information on  project indicators, to be uploaded to the project's Monitoring  Information System (MIS). 

• Take lead in organizing different  seminars and workshops to disseminate project learnings as and when  required; and represent the project during relevant information events. 

• Support the project team to prepare communication materials based on findings. 

Technical Expertise 

• The Officer – Monitoring and Results Measurement needs to have demonstrable experience in: 

• Implementing and (or) monitoring projects in agribusiness/economic  development, humanitarian sector, financial inclusion, sustainable  livelihoods development, market systems development (MSD approach),  gender mainstreaming and (or) private sector development. 

• The incumbent must have strong hands-on experience of developing and using Impact aggregation system, Project Cycle Management (PCM), Theory of Changes, results chains for monitoring and results measurement.

• Experience with EU/ENABEL working principles is a plus 

• Applicants with familiarity with DCED (the Donor Committee for  Enterprise Development) standard and Result Based Financing will be  highly valued. 

• Experience and understanding of OECD-DAC  (Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic  Co-operation and Development) criteria for project evaluation would be a  plus. 

• The experiences of analyzing complex data set and reporting  based on data analysis and managing impact evaluation are mandatory for  this position. 

• Applicant needs to have practical understanding of  managing delicate partner organizations from Government, private sector  and NGO sector of Uganda. 

• A strong experience in using and managing MRM information systems